CVE-2021-3013

9.8 CRITICAL

ripgrep before 13 on Windows allows attackers to trigger execution of arbitrary programs from the current working directory via the -z/--...

Published: 2021-06-11 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Vendor	Product
ripgrep_project	ripgrep

Description

ripgrep before 13 on Windows allows attackers to trigger execution of arbitrary programs from the current working directory via the -z/--search-zip or --pre flag.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3013
[Other]https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/e48a17e1891e1ea9dd06ba0e48d5fb140ca7c0c4/CHANGELOG.md
[Patch]https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
[Other]https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/e48a17e1891e1ea9dd06ba0e48d5fb140ca7c0c4/CHANGELOG.md
[Patch]https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md